I really don’t know what to make of this.
Granada are said, by today’s Broadcast website (no direct free link I’m afraid, although the story’s possibly in the paper version), to be making a new version of the all time classic TV show – The Prisoner.
I don’t know anything else about it for the moment, but as soon as I do, it’ll appear here.
[UPDATE] I now have my printed copy of Broadcast which has the story on the front page. It seems that the new eight part series is being written by Bill Gallagher, writer of “Conviction”, episode(s) of “Clocking Off” and “Dalziel & Pascoe” amongst others.
It seems that Granada is in talks with Sky One, and that the new version won’t be shot in Portmeirion and will be “aimed at fans of 24 and Spooks.”
“Although it will be a radical reinvention, it will still be a heightened show with themes such as paranoia, conspiracy and identity crisis,” says one of the programme’s executive producers Damien Timmer (“Marple”, “Poirot”, “Jericho”).
I suppose I’ll be disappointed that it’s going on Sky and not on ITV. Surely ITV would love a show like Spooks? And if it’s eight episodes, does that mean it’s all wrapped up in that time, or is likely to be a returning series? I’m guessing the latter, since that’s more of a proposition for Sky. I’ll just have to withhold judgement until I’ve seen it.